Re: Esound & Festival

[paul.clark19@ntlworld.com (Paul Clark)]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:48:36 -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:

>Try running esd with the "-as <secs>" parameter.  That'll free the audio
>device after "<secs>" seconds which should allow festival to play
>directly without esd mucking it up.  You can do that in your
>~/.xsession.  Alternatively, if you run gnome-session, just turn off
>"sound server" in the control panel.
>
>-- 
>Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>

But festival reports an error and exits if esd is not available.

Paul Clark